Whananaki bar Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (35.52° S 174.48° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Whananaki bar surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 NZST

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Whananaki bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Whananaki bar sea temperature is 15.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whananaki bar today?

The current surf forecast for Whananaki bar at 6AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	3s
Evening (19 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s

Table - waves today at Whananaki bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSW	SSW	NE	E	E	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	3	3	10	10	10	4	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	18	41	71	43	41	23	2	2	0	212	188	188	212
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	E	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:54AM 1.76				5:29PM 1.92				5:50AM 1.81					6:18PM 1.96				6:39AM 1.86				7:02PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)				11:08AM 0.35				11:48PM 0.39					12:02PM 0.31				12:36AM 0.33				12:49PM 0.29

	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	14	16	15	14	11	10	10	10	12	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Feels °C (?)	8	9	10	11	10	9	8	7	8	8	10	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	9	9	10	9	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Whananaki bar (light winds from the WNW at Whangarei Aero Automatic Weather Station 29 km from Whananaki bar). 0.2m 10s swell from the ENE with a 0.1m 4s local chop from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 26 minutes ago Whananaki bar

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29 km away, 1 h 26 min ago

11 km/h

WNW

0.0

15.8

Air / Water (°C)

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